DCK

Doom Construction Kit (abbreviated as DCK) is a sector-based DOS level editor and WAD editor created by Ben Morris (Warbaby) and Zerius Development. It is similar to Doom Editing Utilities (DEU) in many respects; for example, DCK is mode-based.

Versions of DCK before v2.2f were free to download; versions after this must be bought to be used. However, older versions can still be downloaded and have the same features as later versions.

Features

 * DCK supports the following games: Doom, The Ultimate Doom, Doom II, Heretic, Hexen.
 * Versions of DCK prior to v3.0 used BSP v1.2x as the internal node builder. As of version 3.0 it has been removed and the user must use an external node builder.
 * Has a built-in ACS compiler.

Development

 * Ben Morris began working on DCK on May 1, 1994. James Atchison (Professor Doom) submitted many ideas and also did alpha testing.
 * A pre-beta version was released on June 10, 1994.
 * The first beta version of DCK was released on June 21, 1994.
 * Updated versions of the DCK beta were released on June 24, June 26, June 28 (internal build), July 5, July 6, 1994.

Releases

 * DCK 1.0 was released on July 30, 1994. This is the first full release.
 * DCK 1.1 was released on September 5, 1994.
 * DCK 1.1a was released on September 8, 1994.
 * DCK 1.1b was released before October 23, 1994.
 * DCK 2.0 was released around January 1, 1995.
 * DCK 2.0b was released on January 22, 1995.
 * DCK 2.1 beta was released on February 25, 1995.
 * DCK 2.2 was released on March 16, 1995.
 * DCK 3.0 was released on February 20, 1996.
 * DCK 3.0a was released on February 28, 1996.
 * DCK 3.1 was released on March 7, 1996.
 * DCK 3.2 was released on March 18, 1996.
 * DCK 3.3 was released on April 5, 1996.
 * DCK 3.4 was released on April 18, 1996.
 * DCK 3.5 was released on May 3, 1996.
 * DCK 3.6 was released on May 18, 1996.
 * DCK 3.61 was released on May 28, 1996.
 * DCK 3.62 was released on June 16, 1996. This is the last release of DCK, after which its development was discontinued.
 * The source code was released on June 25, 2020, under the.

Hexen Construction Kit
In December 1995, Ben Morris released a beta version of Hexen Construction Kit (abbreviated as HCK) that could be used to create levels for Hexen only. However, it did not become a standalone editor and was merged into DCK 3.0, released in February 1996.